The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Fresh Chit-Chat About Persons snd Things
IN the OLD Woflds
Collector Of postaee stamps ere mo

Collectors Of postage stamps ore more
numerous and enthusiasts IN Europe than
even the persistent tribe Of autograph hunt
ers. It 10 expected therefore, that the internar
tional exhibition Of postage stamp collections,
which is to take place ct Antwerp during May,
win be . great success. Nearly forty medals
will be distributed among the exhibitors.
There will be q gold medal for the collection
which contains the greatest number Of rars
stamps, and another for the most complies
collection. Eight silver medals will 90 to t;ta
best and second-best collections Of 6000, 5000,
l,ooo. and 5000 stamps respectively; two to the
most complete collections Of post-cards; anu
two to the best collection Of envelopes bearing
engraved stamps. Several medals win be
awarded to publishers Of albums and books
upon stamp collecting.
The court Of the Mikado is being grad.
nally stripped Of every vestige Of its Oriental
coloring. It was only the other day that the
Empress made the European fashion Of female
attire obligatory on the japanese ladies admit
ted to the court receptions, and the domestics
of the palace are now to be rigged out in live
ries initiated from those worn by the servants
of the imperial household In Austria. Prince
Komatsu, who has spent the last few months
IN Vienna, was 90 taken with the appearance
of the court servants that he asked permission
to have copies made Of the different fveries.
This was, of course, readily granted, and the
models are now on their way to Japan, where
powdered periwigs and silk stockings will no
doubt before long be regular feature in the
economy not only of the court, but of every
household which respects itself.
The collection of chinaware in Windsor
Castle, England, contains pieces which exceed
in value even the famous peach Blow'' vase.
There are three Rose du Barri vases which are
valued at $4,000, and two dessert services
which would sell for e250,000. splendid ad-
dition will be made to this collection by Kaiser
wilhelm's jubilee present to Queen Victoria,
which will consist Of upward Of 600 pieces. The
plates are to have medallions representing
portraits Of the Queens contemporaries and
incidents in Europe during her reign. There
is to be an immense centre piece and statuette
of the Queen ON the top, and all around It
there will be medallion portraits in relief Of
the members Of the royal family.
The royal library at Stockholm con-
tains remarkable literary curiosity, called
the DEVILS code, which is said to be the largest
manuscript in the world. Every letter Of this
gigantic piece of work is as beautifully formed
as If It were minutely and carefully drawn, and
it seems almost impossible that 1t should have
been done by q single human being, so there is
a legend to the effect that the author sold his
soul to the devil in return for his help to do
the work.
When London takes holiday the bust.
ness for railway lines and places Of amusement
Is simply immense. On Easter Monday nearly
10000 people visited Alexander Palace; 5000
went to Crystal Palace, and nearly 10000 visited
Albert Palace about 5000 persons went to
woolwich Gardens, more than $1,000 to Kew
Gardens, and over 10000 0persons visited Hamp-
stead Heath.
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